The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-09
TOULON, TENN.
FARGASON's FARM EYLAU,"
FOR MERLY TIE
Oldham PIace-A Model for Other
Farmers-The Glover Fields aud
the Thorough Bred Jerseys.
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lOOhhhbrONDhNIhO VI Thh AFFhALal
ToULoN, TENN, June 7.-MillieBysrs,
who lived two miles from here, met
with a strange death Saturday night
She was feeling q little unwell, and
went out near the house about 10
O'Clock at night. Her two daughters
and sen had retired They went to
sleep, and on awakening next morning
their mother was not in the house.
They looked for her, and were horri-
fed on finding her dead near the
house and etif cold, She had been
dead all night it is supposed.
A good rain fell yesterday, but it
did not pack the ground and wet deep.
A corn rain is needed now.
The following description of Mr..
Fargsson's at Eylsu, written by Mr..
Anderson, sr., is sent you for wider cir
culation than the Brownsville STATES
Democrat could give it. II appeared in
that paper last week:
One day last week visited Mr.. j.
t. Fsrgason's place called Eylau-Mr.
FArgason is one of the merchant
princes of Memphis, Tenn. No one
who mad seen this place in the lifetime
Ct the late DR.. S Oldham could scarce
recognize it now, since Mr.. F. has
begun to improve it. Woodville,
neat village one and half miles Dis
tant, is passed, then begins the land
belonging to the Z ylau estate on either
side. Wire fences run up to the town,
and the same continue on TO the front
gate, three-qusrters of mile distant.
This front gate is an unique affair, and
the visitor does not have to get out Of
his buggy to open it. Two handles
attached to long beam and that to
the gate is the leverage by which the
gate is opened. On the outside pull
this handle downward and the
gate flies upward and backward
as If by magic. A space is then
made to drive through, and
after passing this entrance, reach
out your hand, grasp the handle, pull
downwsrds and the gate pitches for
ward to ita former position, shut. Wire
fence still continues on either side of
the avenue, and clover, orchard grass,
herds grass, wheat and oats sdorn the
fields. The clover is very fine, and as
good as any ever saw in Sumner or
Davidson counties in Middle Tenres-
see, orchard grass and the other grasses
as any on other farms (the dry season,
OF course, being the cause of Its not
looking so tall Good stands of all
the grasses adoyn the fields on either
side of the avenue, and gates at con-
venient distances are placed to enter
the various fields.
Having business with the courteous
manager, Mr.. LAWYER, did not 20 di-
rectly to the house, but turned to the
left and went to the barns, stables and
workshops. The first thing that greets
the eye is an enormous Belvedere
windmill, fifty feet high, that lifts
the water for the house, laundry
and visitors horses. House after
house for various use5 continue on
either side until the barns and
stables are reached, then another wind
mill, same make, rears it's lofty wheel
high into the air. Thisiis for the stock.
1t is not yet finished. To the right l
saw new building in progress OF con-
struction. l was told by the manager
that this was clio, mostly above
gtound. Here com, fodder and other
green forage will be cut fine, packed
down and used for winter feed. / also
walked across the stock yard to
house fine enough for me or anyone
else to live in, especially if l wss just |
setting up for housekeeping. In this
house was kept two jacks, one pow
erful Knight Errant jack fifteen and
one-half or sixteen hands high and |
well formed, the other not so high and |
l judge a Maltese, but Of euch COM
pact and symmetrical build to take my |
eye as q superior breeder. Mr.. Waller,
whose kindness and courtesy to me / |
shall remember, took me to see the |
Jersey Rid hogs. Three of hem, |
young thiDgs,are as fat as butter balls,
and the largest to their age l ever saw.
These hogs often average $50 to $50 at
eighteen months old. | then drove
into the front lawn to look at the Hol-
stein Dutch cattls) and the Jerseys.
The old residence has been remodelsd.
A portico now runs the whole front
and an observatory sdorns the top OF
il, and the observatory is placed in
such a way as to look like one of the
castles of the late King of Bavaria,
near Hohenlinden, and on several
mountains near by-I forget the
names. We soon came to the young
things demurely chewing their cuds.
The Holsteins are models of beauty,
considering their sizs. They are large
and fat now willis young, and, If no,
fat when grown, look scraggy. did
not see the old ones, being pressed for
time and bad health must not over
strain the nerves. The Jerseys-two
OF them were beauties, like the
gazslles cut on the granite at Karnsc,
in Egypt, more like deer than COVE.
And now l must quit, as l may weary
you with these things of Eylau. l
could fill one side Of your paper
in telling what I saw in one
brief hour or 80. A twelve Ihorse
power engine is used for feeding,
pumping, lifting or pile driving, and
also to cut ensllage for the sllos;
two horse power engine for churniDg
or to run sewing machines or turning
lathes. Eylau is thing Of beauty,
and it shows the liberal, generous cast
of mind OF ths proprietor, Mr.. Fargo
son. II it never did anything more,
it has given employment to hundreds
of men and taught the farmers OF
West Tennessee that Haywood county
can raise as good grass and clover
(save blue gTass) as Kentucky. II
were asked the cost of the improvs-
ments upon Ealau house, field, fence,
etc., would say not less than $40, 900. |
To Mr.. Waller my thanks are due,
and may he for Mr.. Fsrgsson prove a
real manager indeed, worthy the |
name Agricola."